Computer Shopper Magazine Announces 23rd Annual Shoppers' Choice Awards - Awards Recognize Readers' Picks for Technology's Best Products, Companies, and Services

New York, NY (PRWEB) January 21, 2009

"Our Shoppers' Choice awards recognize companies and products that deliver outstanding technology, value, and service," said John A. Burek, Editor-In-Chief of Computer Shopper. "This is our version of the People's Choice Awards because we let our readers--an amazingly tech-savvy group of computer users--select the companies and products that they believe are best in class."

The Shoppers' Choice winners were announced today at ComputerShopper.com and in the February 2009 print issue of Computer Shopper magazine. Reflecting the huge purchasing influence of the Computer Shopper audience, winners were picked across a broad spectrum of categories ranging from "Best Place to Buy Consumer Electronics" to "Best Performance Desktop" to "Best Digital Camera." Thousands of readers voiced their choices with online balloting open to all readers of Computer Shopper and ComputerShopper.com

The winners of Computer Shopper magazine's 2009 Shoppers' Choice Awards are listed below and can be found online at http://www.computershopper.com/2009shopperschoice.

BEST GAMING/PERFORMANCE DESKTOP

Alienware Area-51 ALX

Runner-Up: Dell XPS 730

BEST BUDGET DESKTOP PC (Under $ 1,000)

Dell Inspiron 530

Runner-Up: HP Pavilion A6560f

BEST MIDRANGE DESKTOP

HP Pavilion Elite m9200t

(Replaced by the HP Pavilion Elite m9400t)

Runner-Up: Dell XPS 630

BEST SMALL-FORM-FACTOR DESKTOP

HP Pavilion Slimline s3330f

(Replaced by the HP Pavilion Slimline s3650f)

Runner-Up: Apple Mac Mini

BEST HOME THEATER PC

Sony VAIO VGX-TP25E/B

Runner-Up: HP TouchSmart IQ506

BEST DESKTOP-REPLACEMENT NOTEBOOK

HP Pavilion HDX Entertainment Notebook PC

(Replaced by the HP HDX18)

Best Cruises and Travel Now LLC Offers WorldWide Travel Insurance and Protection through Access America Which Covers Medical Emergencies, Medical and Work Cancellations

Westport, CT (PRWEB) August 02, 2011

Vacations take months to plan but only hours to ruin if the traveler has to cancel a trip or gets sick while traveling. Best Cruises and Travel Now protects their clients travel investment with Worldwide Travel Insurance from Access America. This Worldwide Travel Protection offers benefits like trip cancellation and travel interruption for medical or business reasons, emergency medical and dental coverage, emergency medical transportation, coverage for lost, damaged, stolen or delayed baggage, concierge service, coverage for existing medical conditions when the plan is purchased on or before final trip payment , a 24-hour hotline so help is just a phone call away and optional Cancel Anytime coverage that allows the traveler to cancel their trip for virtually any reason.

TODAY Show Travel Editor, Peter Greenberg, recommends purchasing travel insurance to protect the travelers financial investment and for peace of mind. In a recently published article, Greenberg lists nine reasons why he thinks travel insurance is a must-have accessory. (Today Show, NBC Tuesday March 27, 2007)):

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Web Marketing Associations WebAwards Names 2006 Best B2B Web

West Simsbury, CT (PRWEB) October 20, 2006

http://www.webaward.org - The Web Marketing Association is pleased to announce the Best B2B Web Site Winner as part of the 10th annual international WebAward Competition, the Internets premier website award competition.

B2B, or business to business, web sites only joined the WebAwards as a separate category in 2003,, said William Rice, President of the Web Marketing Association. While individual sites might excel, in the past the industry as a whole has lagged with each of the criteria averages falling below their overall benchmarks. B2B Web sites generally do better in content and copywriting while their lowest scores are for innovation and use of technology.

B2B websites represent a highly competitive industry within the WebAward competition. Each website is judged on the same seven criteria including:

Finalists Selected for the 2009 Edison Best New Product Awards

Chicago (PRWEB) February 11, 2009

On this day in 1847, Thomas Edison was born. In honor and celebration of America's greatest inventor and innovator, the finalists for the prestigious 2009 Edison Best New Product Awards™ are being unveiled today. The awards are among the most elite accolades honoring excellence in new product development, marketing, and innovation. Strategic implementation partners for the 2009 awards program include the Thomas Edison Papers at Rutgers University, the Marketing Executives Networking Group (MENG) and The MIT/Stanford Venture Lab (VLAB).

Web Marketing Association WebAwards Names 2006 Best Application Service Provider (ASP) Web Site

West Simsbury, CT (PRWEB) October 20, 2006

http://www.webaward.org - The Web Marketing Association is pleased to announce the Best Application Service Provider (ASP) Web Site Winner as part of the 10th annual international WebAward Competition, the Internets premier website award competition.

An application service provider (ASP) is a business that provides computer-based services to customers over a network, said William Rice, President of the Web Marketing Association. ASPs are a product of the Internet age and their Web sites are not only their sales brochure, but often the gateway to the services they offer to their customers.

Application Service Provider websites represent a highly competitive industry within the WebAward competition. Each website is judged on the same seven criteria including:

Web Marketing Association WebAwards Names 2006 Best Government Web Site

West Simsbury, CT (PRWEB) October 20, 2006 -

The Web Marketing Association is pleased to announce the Best Government Web Site Winner as part of the 10th annual international WebAward Competition (http://www.webaward.org), the Internets premier website award competition.

Government websites play an important role in disseminating information to citizens, said William Rice, President of the Web Marketing Association. Because government websites contain so much content, they need to strive to incorporate more innovation and interactivity into their designs. This will help achieve the overall goal of providing information while easing users search for specific information.

Government websites represent a highly competitive industry within the WebAward competition. Each website is judged on the same seven criteria including:

Realsight Selected as a Finalist for the 2009 Edison Best New Product Awards

Norwalk, CT (PRWEB) February 16, 2009

The Realsight Quantitative Anthropology video tracking system from Realsight has been selected as a finalist for the prestigious 2009 Edison Best New Product Awards. The awards are among the most elite accolades honoring excellence in new product development, marketing, and innovation.

A patent-pending technology system, Quantitative Anthropology processes thousands of video-based observations of product and service use, generated by consumers as they occur over an extended period of time. Realsight's proprietary analytical tools then quantify behavior patterns, connecting consumer intentions with actions. By providing marketers with a deep, rich and unprecedented view of their products or services through the eyes and experiences of their consumers, Realsight's Quantitative Anthropology opens the door to innovation opportunities that generate new products, build competitive advantage, strengthen brand relevance and earn consumer loyalty.

"Having our Quantitative Anthropology system named a finalist by the Edison Best New Product Awards validates that we have achieved our goal of creating a revolutionary tool to help companies innovate," said Realsight CEO Jen Hanson. "Realsight's Quantitative Anthropology system brings clarity to the innovation process, helping our clients prioritize and optimize their development pipeline as well as their product portfolio."

The Edison Best New Product Awards, sponsored this year by Google, The Nielsen Company and Steelcase, focus on new products and services that excel in marketplace innovation, marketplace success, technological innovation, market structure innovation, and societal impact. These criteria align with Edison's own innovation best practices, called the Five Competencies of Innovation. Strategic implementation partners for the 2009 awards program include the Thomas Edison Papers at Rutgers University, the Marketing Executives Networking Group (MENG) and The MIT/Stanford Venture Lab (VLAB). MENG members nationwide cast their ballots for entries they deemed worthy of being linked to the Edison name.

"Innovative, collaborative, passionate, and persistent are just a few of the many characteristics that describe the finalists for the 2009 Edison Best New Product Awards," stated Sarah Miller Caldicott, great grandniece of Thomas Edison, co-author of Innovate Like Edison and Chairperson of the Edison Awards Steering Committee. "All of our 2009 finalists, each in different ways, exemplify the very best in innovation."

Other finalists in the 10 categories include Apple's iPhone and Macbook Air, Procter & Gamble's Tide to Go and Olay

Clinovo Introduces New SAS

Sunnyvale, CA (PRWEB) February 18, 2011

Clinovo reaffirms its expertise with clinical trial SAS development by once again presenting four new best practices at the leading 2011 industry SAS conferences. Clinovo will share its SAS expertise during the SAS

Web Marketing Association WebAwards Names 2006 Best Beverage Web Site

West Simsbury, CT (PRWEB) October 20, 2006

http://www.webaward.org - The Web Marketing Association is pleased to announce the Best Beverage Web Site Winner as part of the 10th annual international WebAward Competition, the Internets premier website award competition.

Beverage Web sites are about establishing and supporting a brand online, said William Rice, President of the Web Marketing Association. The sites often have a heavy use of Flash and contain a viral component to help create buzz. The next step for beverage websites is to focus on interactivity as interaction with the site will create an even higher level of buzz among web users.

Beverage websites represent a highly competitive industry within the WebAward competition. Each website is judged on the same seven criteria including:

Web Marketing Association Names Best Energy Web Site -- Winner Receives WebAward

West Simsbury, CT (PRWEB) October 31, 2006

http://www.webaward.org -- The Web Marketing Association is pleased to announce the Best Energy Web Site Winner as part of the 10th annual international WebAward Competition, the Internet's premier website award competition.

"Energy Web sites generally exceed the overall average of all websites judged during the competition," said William Rice, President of the Web Marketing Association. "Energy companies and other utilities continue to effectively use the Internet as an efficient customer service channel allowing new and existing customers to process online transactions."

Energy websites represent a highly competitive industry within the WebAward competition. Each website is judged on the same seven criteria including: